What is epilation, today, probably, everyone knows. This is a special way to remove hair on the skin of the body. This happens due to injury to the hair papilla and follicle. This causes a gradual cessation of hair growth at the epilation site.
Before starting the procedure, the beautician needs to evaluate the skin. It is also necessary to find out why excessive hair growth occurs.
Reasons
A common cause of this phenomenon is a genetic predisposition. The second is the imbalance of the human hormonal background. There may be several reasons for it. This includes taking steroid hormones or hormonal contraceptives, and hyperandrogenism. Any of them requires serious treatment by a doctor - an endocrinologist. Without solving these problems, it will not be possible to achieve beauty and smoothness of the skin.
Of course, the effective ways are:
1. Photoepilation.
2. Laser Hair Removal
3. Electrolysis. You can't believe the commercials that promise to permanently rid the body and face of excess hair in one session. To date, there is no such way.
Electrohair removal method
This method is based on oppressionfunctions of the hair follicle when exposed to an electric current. It requires painstaking and thoroughness from the beautician. It is very laborious and time consuming than photoepilation or laser hair removal.
Even with its drawbacks, this method is very effective. And they can be the following:
- Excessive requirements for the disinfection of the skin. For example, before the procedure, it is necessary to treat the skin with a mixture of 70% alcohol and 0.05% chlorhexidine.
- The electrodes must be disposable.
- The procedure is rather painful. Modern medicine has a wide range of painkillers to reduce discomfort.- Striking in its duration of rehabilitation. It depends on the technical features of the procedure and can be either twenty minutes (rare cases) or two weeks. Often the skin reacts to a burn with an inflammatory process.
- Even tissue swelling can provoke epilation. The bikini and underarm zones can remain puffy for up to two days.
- On the third day, the crust-forming process begins. Depending on the strength of the current, not only crusts may appear, but also bruises, and even small scars.
- Cases of hemorrhage have been reported. The reason for this is only the technique for epilation. The electrode could touch the subcutaneous vascular plexus. With this drawback in mind, electrolysis is not recommended for a few days before critical days and for people taking blood-thinning drugs.-Frequent cases of hyperpigmentation. This method of hair removal provokes the appearance of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This occurs after 4-5 sessions and disappears no sooner than after 8-9 months. Therefore, it is recommended to plan electrolysis for the autumn-winter period.
- A common complication is infection. Skin disinfection is required. Consumables must be disposable. The skin must be absolutely he althy.
- Scarring. This disadvantage appears only because of the low qualification of the cosmetologist and violation of the rules for the procedure.- Ingrown hairs. In this case, it is necessary to treat the skin with special cosmetic formulations based on alpha hydroxy acids. But still, ingrown hairs must be removed mechanically (cut the skin and remove them).
Light hair removal method
What is hair removal, we figured it out. What exactly is this method? This is the oppression of hairs using high-power light sources (these are IPL systems and lasers). Destruction occurs due to thermal effects, when the light beam is absorbed by the chromophores. The length of the light source should correspond to the part of the absorption spectrum of melanin (visible part of the spectrum (350-700 nm), UV radiation (100-400 nm), infrared part of the spectrum (1200 nm)).
The main advantages are non-penetration and speed of impact. The disadvantages are very insignificant: it is not suitable for every skin type and complexion, and the effectiveness is somewhat lower than that of the previous one.method.
Photoepilation method
What is photoelectric hair removal? It is based on the action of a broadband long-pulse source of a non-monochrome light beam.
To do this, IPL systems are used with the following characteristics: energy flux - 30-55 J/cm2, wavelength - 500-1200 nm, spot diameter - 0.8x2, 0-2, 0x2, 0 cm. It differs from the rest in high efficiency, speed, safety and low skin trauma. The light source does not work as a beam, but as a spot, which significantly reduces the treatment time.
Disadvantages and complications of the procedure
There are the following disadvantages.
- The effectiveness of the procedure depends on the color of the hair: red, blond and gray hair are the worst to remove.
- The most expensive type of hair removal in existence. - Pain is lower than previous methods. Anesthesia is used if working in the bikini area.
Complications also occur:
- Hyperpigmentation.
- Hypopigmentation. Whitish spots appear on tanned skin after photoepilation. Naturally, this procedure is prohibited for tanned skin. A cosmetologist can allow photoepilation no earlier than a month after getting a tan.
- Burns of the skin. May appear due to incorrect program selection. And, as a result, there are crusts, swelling, blisters with fluid inside.
- Scarring. Appear on skin prone to scarring. For photoepilation is a very rare case.- Ingrown hair. Not a typical complication for this type of hair removal.
Fashiondirection elos hair removal
Every year there are more and more methods for removing unwanted vegetation. Now we will talk about the elos procedure. Such modern hair removal was developed in Israel, and in Russia it has been successfully used for more than 10 years. A current and a high-frequency light pulse are directed to the area of skin with unwanted hair. Due to the action of two energies at once, optical and electrical, the hair follicle is inhibited. The cost of elos hair removal has a large price range. It depends on the color of the hairs, the density and density of the hairline and, accordingly, on the number of sessions.
Benefits and contraindications
What is Elos hair removal? This is a hair removal procedure that has a lot of advantages:
- there is practically no pain;
- 100% efficiency;
- no rehabilitation period and negative consequences;
- even downy hairs are removed;- the program is developed for each client separately.
There are also contraindications. But they are for every type of hair removal. These are any cancers, herpes (crisis period), epilepsy, diabetes mellitus (severe form) and lactation.
We remove hair at home
Ladies who want to save not only money but also time can have the procedure in their room. Home hair removal (depilation) is of three types.
1. Depilation with an electrical appliance. The device is purchased at a specialized store or pharmacy. Its work is based on the rotation of metal disks, which, in contact withskin, pull out hairs. The procedure is very painful.
2. Depilation with hot wax strips. Warmed wax is applied to the skin treated with lotion, and a strip of cloth is applied to it. Take off with a quick movement. Pain is slightly less than the previous method.3. Depilation with sugar, the so-called shugaring. The method is practically the oldest. A thick sugar solution is applied to a strip of fabric, applied to the skin, wait a few minutes and removed sharply. The pain is so severe that the procedure is not recommended in the groin and armpits.
Difference between procedures?
And finally: we must distinguish between what is epilation and depilation. Skin hairs have an outer part, the hair itself and the subcutaneous part, the follicle, the root and the bulb. So, epilation is aimed at destroying the subcutaneous part. In turn, depilation removes only the hair itself (therefore, it requires frequent repetition of the procedure).
